So this marks our 100th post and one year anniversary. We’ve had interviews, polls, contests and more over the last year. We’ve also gained 1,000+ Twitter followers and made some good friends along the way. Thank you so much for your support and we look forward to an even better 2nd year!
Monthly Archives: March 2014
“Print the Legend” a New 3D Printing Movie Coming Soon!
The 3D printing revolution has begun. Who will make it?
There’s a new documentary about 3D printing called “Print the Legend” that tells the story of cutthroat 3D printing start-ups. The movie centers on the question, “The 3D printing revolution has begun. Who will make it?” The story isn’t about 3D printing technology explicitly, but rather groups of entrepreneurs in an exploding industry. The movie was screened and won an award at this year’s SXSW and it was also announced it would soon be available exclusively on Netflix. You can watch the trailer here.
Are There Secret Tags on your 3D Prints?
Is there something “secret” hiding in your 3D print? (Image courtesy of “Idea go” at FreeDigitalPhotos.net)
You don’t have to read much of a newspaper today to run into an article about privacy concerns and how they intersect with the digital world. From Bitcoin to the NSA, it seems nothing is beyond the reach of hackers. This may soon apply to your 3D prints too
Could You Be Sued for your Defective Designs? Product Liability and 3D Printing.
Nora Freeman Engstrom wrote a spectacular article in SSRN called, “3-D Printing and Product Liability: Identifying the Obstacles.” The article describes how current product liability law could apply/change with widespread adoption of 3D printing. Continue reading
Seafood Sees New Use as 3D Printing Material?
I hope you won’t be allergic to your 3D print! Researchers at Harvard’s Wyss Institute have developed a way to make a bioplastic from shrimp shells. The shells contain chitin, which is the 2nd most abundant organic material on earth, Continue reading
3D Printing to Help Rescue Coral Reefs?
My trip to the Great Barrier Reef
On my trip to the Great Barrier Reef in 2012 you quickly and constantly hear about the disappearance of the reef and its environmental impact, some estimates put the coral loss at 50%. You may have heard of groups intentionally sinking old ships to create artificial reefs and often cast concrete is used, but both these struggle to produce the complexity and diversity of a natural reef. Enter 3D printing Continue reading
Write your congressman to help create the 3D printing NFLN!
The bills H.R. 1289 and S. 1705 are currently before their respective branches of congress. Known as “The National Fab Lab Network (NFLN)”, Continue reading
3D Printing Batteries Included?
I was reading one of my favorite magazines, MIT Technology Review, and ran across a great article about 3D printed batteries. You can read more about the technical details there, but what it could allow is for the printing of complete sealed electronics Continue reading
What do Elephant Reproduction, Heavy Industry and 3D Printing Have in Common?
Is momentum building for 3D printing in heavy industry? (Image courtesy of Tom Curtis at FreeDigitalPhotos.net)
What does heavy industry and pregnant elephants have to do with 3D printing? We’ll get to that towards the end I think the payoff will be worth it for you. I subscribe to a number of diverse industrial journals and was surprised to see an article in Foundry Management & Technology about 3D printing of industrial pumps. Maybe I’m foolish, but to me it was a sign, Continue reading
XBox Kinects Keeping Korea Safe?
DMZ at Korean border. (From http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Korea_DMZ_sentry.jpg)
We’ve talked about the XBox Kinect before, but when I saw this headline about XBox Kinects being used to guard the Korean border (known as the DMZ) I thought it was an early April Fool’s joke. Continue reading
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